Edinburgh star Tim Visser has today received yet another accolade by being named in the Magners League Dream Team for season 2010/11.
The winger, who recently broke the tournament record for the most individual tries in a season, is one of only two players to retain his place in the Dream Team from season 2009/10. Leinster’s Jamie Heaslip is the other man to keep his spot.
Visser overtook Jamie Robinson and Kevin Morgan as the league’s record try scorer in a season with his 13th touchdown in Edinburgh’s Round 19 home win over Aironi and went on to extend his lead as the top try scorer for the campaign with a 14th in the win over the Dragons.
The 23-year-old Dutch-born, but soon to be Scottish qualified, Visser led the way in 2009/10 with 10 tries and with one game left to play in the regular season he had made it 24 tries in 37 games over the two campaigns.
Not surprisingly the ‘Flying Dutchman’ gathered more votes than any other player selected for the fifth Magners League Dream Team, chosen by a panel of 19 journalists from the four participating nations. He received 17 votes, while his wing partner Fionn Carr, the first Connacht player to join the Magners League elite, polled six.
Visser said: “It’s great to be in the Dream Team again, and I’d like to thank everyone who voted for me.
“Because there are so many outstanding players in the Magners League, it’s a real honour to have been selected. I’m now looking forward to finishing the season with another good performance and result in Treviso on Friday night.”
MAGNERS LEAGUE DREAM TEAM 2011
FULL BACK - ISA NACEWA (LEINSTER)
RIGHT WING - FIONN CARR (CONNACHT)
OUTSIDE - CENTRE - CASEY LAULALA (CARDIFF BLUES)
INSIDE CENTRE - JONATHAN DAVIES (SCARLETS)
LEFT WING - TIM VISSER (EDINBURGH)
OUTSIDE HALF - RONAN O’GARA (MUNSTER)
SCRUM HALF - RUAN PIENAAR (ULSTER)
LOOSE HEAD PROP - IESTYN THOMAS (SCARLETS)
HOOKER - RICHARDT STRAUSS (LEINSTER)
TIGHT HEAD PROP - MIKE ROSS (LEINSTER)
LOCK - ALUN WYN JONES (OSPREYS)
LOCK - RICHIE GRAY (GLASGOW WARRIORS)
BLINDSIDE FLANKER - SEAN O’BRIEN (LEINSTER)
OPENSIDE FLANKER - SAM WARBURTON (CARDIFF BLUES)
N0 8 - JAMIE HEASLIP (LEINSTER)
